Fame or Fate // Noah Beck

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Noah's POV

"Can we talk now?" I ask her.

I see her look behind me and I turn around and see a bunch of people watching us.

"Mind your own damn business!" I shout and most people, if not everyone, goes back to what they're doing.

I turn back to Alexis. "Please."

She looks at her friends before silently nodding and standing up.

We walk into the building and down the hall to the empty classroom. We quickly go in so no one notices and she leans against a desk.

"What have you heard?" I ask her once the door is closed.

"That there was some video of heather." She shrugs.

Her green eyes are set on her hands as she picks at her fingers.

I walk over to her and take her hands into mine to stop her. She looks up at me and her eyes sparkle. I mean they probably don't but I imagine they do.

"There was a video of heather... a few actually." I tell her quietly.

"What was she doing?" Her voice is so low that if it wasn't silent in this classroom I wouldn't have heard her.

"Well... in one she was talking to a guy and doing the flirty gestures, you know touching his arm, laughing at stupid shit, complementing him. Then there was one where she was dancing with a guy in a club, well more like on a guy," I see her bite her lip but I try to ignore it and continue, "and I'm the last video she was... she was fucking some dude." Her eyes widen and her jaw drops.

"W-what?" She stutters.

"Yeah." I shrug.

"Noah.. I'm- im so sorry." She frowns.

"It's Fine. I mean it's not, it's fucked up. But I don't know. I didn't really love heather. I liked her but I never saw a future with her or anything." I shrug.

She pushes off the desk and comes over to me wrapping her arms around my waist and laying her head on my chest. It surprises me at first but I quickly give in and wrap my arms around her small frame. I know a part of me likes Alexis too but I can't do anything about that right now. I don't want her to see me as a womanizer or a player, jumping from heather right to her.

After our embrace she takes a step back. "You don't deserve that." She whispers.

"I heard a rumor." I say quietly.

"About what?" She asks slowly.

"That you saw one of those videos and liked it last night." I look up at her and she looks extremely nervous and maybe even a little bit guilty.

"Noah.." she stops and bites her lip. I notice she tends to do that when she's nervous.

I wait for her to continue. Her head falls as if she's ashamed of something.

"I did.. I did see the video. I didn't like it though, maybe I did on accident it was late and I.. I wanted to tell you I just didn't know how and I didn't want to come off as jealous or anything because I'm not.. I'm not."

I can't help but smile at her little rant.

"You sound like you're trying to convince yourself that you're not." I tell her.

She bites her lip again and I step towards her. I reach up and pull her lip down with my thumb.

"Please stop doing that." I whisper.

"S-sorry." She stutters.

"Come here." I demand softly opening my arms.

She steps towards and I wrap my arms around her again.

"I'm not mad at you Montgomery. I'm sure hundreds of people saw that video and any one of them could've told me." I explain.

"I really did want to say something but I just wanted to wait for.. a right time." She says quietly.

"I believe you." I tell her.

She steps back and leans on to the desk again.

"I had a good time with you at the mall yesterday." She says and I can't help but smile.

"I had a good time too Montgomery." I see her try to hide a smile.

Her phone buzzed against the desk and she pulls it out. I'm assume it's her friend piper.

"We should get back." She says after typing something on her phone and tucking it back in her pocket.

I walk over to her and I want to pull her close again but I know I shouldn't.

"What?" She asks when I just stand there.

I want to pull you close and never let you go. I want hear you talk about everything and nothing. I want to see you smile and your eyes light up when you talk about something that makes you happy. I want to hear all your hopes and dreams and...

"Noah."

I snap out of my thoughts and meet her gaze.

"You ok?" She asks giving me a questioning look.

I clear my throat and nod. "Yeah I'm fine. You're right we should get back."

She pushes off the desk and glances back at me one more time before leaving the classroom.

I wait a few minutes before walking out just to make it a little less noticeable.

I go back outside to my friends and I feel someone tap my shoulder. I turn around and see heather. She has mascara running down her cheeks from crying. Why the hell is she crying she did this?!

"What do you want?" I sigh.

"Please Noah. I'm so so sorry I will do anything to make it up to you. Anything you want." She begs.

I roll my eyes. "You know what I want right now?"

"What?" She asks looking hopeful.

"For you to leave me the fuck alone." I say lowly.

She pouts and scoffs before stepping forward and smashing her lips onto mine. I'm taken off guard and it takes me a minute to push her off of me.

"I love you Noah." She whispers.

"If you loved me Heather you wouldn't have fucked some other dude. And even if you really do love me, I don't love you and I never will. So leave me. The. Fuck. Alone." I say again and she starts crying again before walking off.